Glossary T
Deutsch: Turm / Español: Torre / Português: Torre / Français: Tour / Italiano: Torre
A tower is a tall structure, usually taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires.
Towers are generally built to take advantage of their height, and can stand alone on the ground, or as part of a larger structure or device such as a fortified building or as an integral part of a bridge.
Deutsch: Telefon
A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user.
Deutsch: Dicke / Español: Grosor / Português: Espessura / Français: Épaisseur / Italiano: Spessore
Thickness, in the industrial and engineering context, refers to the dimension or distance of an object or material measured perpendicular to its surface. It is a critical physical property of many industrial and consumer products, directly affecting their strength, durability, performance, and appearance.
Deutsch: Fernsehen / Español: Televisión / Português: Televisão / Français: Têlêvision / Italiano: Televisione
Television, or TV for short, (from French téièvision, meaning "television") is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored, with or without accompanying sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television program, or television transmission.